Important people
What center fielder of the Cincinnati Reds, who was deaf, invented the hand signals used by umpires for strikes and balls in baseball?
William “Dummy” Hoy
When was the Deaf President Now protest?
March 13, 1988
What language did ASL come from?
French Sign Language
Christy Smith was the first deaf person on what reality TV show?
Survivor
What does ASL stand for?
American Sign Language
Who signed Gallaudet into law as a college?
Abraham Lincoln
What year did ASL become recognized as a language?
1960
When was the American School for the Deaf established as the first public school for the deaf?
April 15, 1817
Who was the first deaf actress to win an Oscar?
Marlee Matlin
What is an appropriate way to get the attention of a Deaf Person?
tap on shoulder, wave hands, stomp floor, pat table
Who was the first Deaf president of Gallaudet?
Dr. I. King Jordan
When was the American School for the Deaf established as the first public school for the deaf?
April 15, 1817
What is the TTY and what does it do?
The teletypewriter (allowed deaf people to communicate over distance by typing messages back and forth)
Leroy Colombo was a deaf man named in the “Guinness Book of World Records” for the number of times he saved a life as a lifeguard. How many lives did he save?
907 lives
How many hearing presidents did Gallaudet have before a deaf president was elected?
7 hearing presidents
Who granted Gallaudet University status?
Congress
What year did closed captioning make its first debut?
1970
Heather Whitestone is a deaf woman who was crowned Miss America. In what year was she awarded this title?
1995
Robert Weitbrecht was a physician. What did he invent in 1964?
The TTY
How many years did Gallaudet have a hearing president before a deaf president was elected?
124 years
What is Vinton Cerf, a man who is hard of hearing, called the “Father of”?
The internet
When was Gallaudet signed into law as a college?
1864
What is the Deaf President Now protest?
Gallaudet students held a rally shutting down campus for a week in demand of a deaf president (they were successful)
Who is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?
Advocate for deaf education (specifically through sign language) and co-founder of the American School for the Deaf (Hartford, CT)
What did Paul Hubbard invent at Gallaudet that is still used today?
The football huddle